Welcome to Windows 7 Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find support and solutions for any problems regarding your Windows 7 PC be it Dell, HP, Acer, Asus or a custom build. We also provide an extensive Windows 7 tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks.

Windows 7: Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

Ok, I made the assumption that everything was finally working because both OSs were listed on the boot manager. In a moment of stupidity, I said everything was working correctly, without trying to boot windows XP. When I tried to boot it, I go a message saying that ntoskrnl.exe was missing or corrupt and I would have to reinstall it before I could boot XP. I found out somewhere online that to do this I run a repair setup on XP and type 'd:\i386ntoskrnl.ex_ c:\windows\system32' into the prompt. If I do this, is it going to interfere with Windows 7 and not allow it to boot?

hi, i need help, i have c drive and a d drive, i have windows 7 loaded onto my c drive, i wanted to load windows xp on my d drive, so when i boot my pc it gives me the option to chose either windows, and also would 2gig of ram be enough for the both windows, i dont want to create another partition as i allready have d partition, what is the easyiest and simple way of doing it? or isn't that possible.

I have completed all the steps you outlined (thank you, BTW), but my system won't boot the windows xp install disk! Even though I've selected the boot device in the BIOS set up, nothing happens! The Windows 7 system simply boots cheerfully as though all were right with the world and nothing had happened.

I have completed all the steps you outlined (thank you, BTW), but my system won't boot the windows xp install disk! Even though I've selected the boot device in the BIOS set up, nothing happens! The Windows 7 system simply boots cheerfully as though all were right with the world and nothing had happened.

Thank you for the great tutorial. I already had win7 installed. I "think" I followed the instructions exactly. I partitioned the hard drive in order to add winxp. Everything went well with the xp installation and all the files seem to load on the new properly lettered partition. The computer rebooted to "finish" the installation and I received the error msg "disk read error" press clt-alt-dlt to reboot. It will not allow the completion of the win xp installation. I had to use the win7 disk to get back to win7. What did I miss? Thank You.

Hello,
I just discovered this great site a couple of days ago. Anyway, I have XP Pro 32 bit installed first on a split 1 Terra-byte hard Drive and then installed Win 7 64 bit to the other partition. I installed easy BCD to Xp because no boot screen and it tells me I need Vista installed for it to work. Also I have NET framework 3.5 service pack 1 installed. I'm stumped. any thoughts you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Ron

Hello,
I just discovered this great site a couple of days ago. Anyway, I have XP Pro 32 bit installed first on a split 1 Terra-byte hard Drive and then installed Win 7 64 bit to the other partition. I installed easy BCD to Xp because no boot screen and it tells me I need Vista installed for it to work. Also I have NET framework 3.5 service pack 1 installed. I'm stumped. any thoughts you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Ron

Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP

Windows 7 & XP Dual Boot InstallationI am building a new machine with an ASUS Z97-C motherboard, Intel Z97 Express chipset, Intel Core i5-4590 CPU, and a WD 500 GB Black HDD. I want to partition the HDD into 2 primary partitions and load XP SP2 (32 bit) on one and 7 (64 bit) on the other to create a dual boot machine. I have read...

Installation & Setup

Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and VistaHow to Setup a Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and Vista
This will show you how to install Windows 7 and Vista to dual boot with when you already have either Windows 7 or Vista installed first.With a dual boot installaton, you will have two operating systems (OS) installed. When you start...

Tutorials

Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XPI used to have a computer with Windows XP on which I could use Microsoft Works 2002 "Picture It 7". I now have a laptop with Windows 7 which does not have Microsoft Picture It and I believe that application was discontinued. I still have the old software but cannot use it with Windows 7 only with...

General Discussion

Re-installation of Windows 7/64 on SSD from Dual BootHello,
I'll give the "2 cent version" of my situation.
I have a dual-boot system (XP on mechanical HDD / Win 7/64 Pro on SSD). Recently, I had a series on infections damage my XP installation irrepairably and it is now time to move everything over to 7. I've just purchased a larger SSD to...

Installation & Setup

Can't Get a Dual-Boot Windows 7/Ubuntu Installation GoingI have two hard drives on my computer, one for my OS and apps (C:), and one for my data (D:). I recently reformatted my C: drive, re-installing Windows 7. I want to set up a dual-boot system with Ubuntu 10.04.
The problem I am having is that the Ubuntu installer recognizes my D: drive but not...